Sentencing.
Summary
Existing law provides that certain specified felonies are punished by imprisonment in a county jail, but requires that the sentence be served in state prison if the defendant has a prior or current conviction for a serious or violent felony, has a prior felony conviction in another jurisdiction that has all of the elements of a serious or violent felony, is required to register as a sex offender, or has an aggravated white collar crime enhancement imposed as part of the sentence. This bill would additionally require a sentence to be served in state prison if the defendant is convicted of a felony or felonies otherwise punishable in a county jail and is sentenced to an aggregate term of more than 3 years.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 13, 2017
Last action Feb 1, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 22, 2017
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lower
Mar 21, 2017
Introduced
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
lower
Mar 21, 2017
Lower · Passed
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
lower
Feb 27, 2017
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lower
Feb 14, 2017
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dante Acosta
RRepublican
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